milestones
Things used daily for an easier life.
tools.
Period of global cooling
ice age
the formation of letters to express words and ideas
Writing
it is the act of being reborn into a new life after a person died.
reincarnation
a massive structure built especially in Ancient Egypt that usually has a square base and four triangular sides meeting at a point.
pyramid
1st written set of laws
Hammurabi's code
Land connecting Asia and North America after ice age
land bridge
Gradually altering the DNA of a species to create a new species taht helps us.
Domestication
The effects a person’s actions have on their soul.
Karma
Preserved remains of something that was alive
Fossil
1st writing system
Cuneiform
Where is upper Egypt?
The south.
Transportation by water. Man made
Canals
An inflexible social system that divided Indian society into groups based on a person’s birth, wealth, or occupation
Caste system
Ancient civilization between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates
Mesopatamia
Prototype of modern alphabet
Phoenician alphabet
Where is lower Egypt?
The north.
the art and science of cultivating the soil, growing crops, and raising livestock
agriculture
What religion is this?
People are reincarnated countless times
Karma impacts your eventual reincarnation
It is considered both a monotheistic and polytheistic religion
Monotheistic because there is a single universal spirit called Brahman
Polytheistic because within Brahman, there are many other gods
Hinduism
Genetic relatives of humans
Hominid
Farming began
Neolithic revolution.
Weather patterns over long periods of time
Climate
used for moving water for farming
irrigation
What religion is this?
Goal is to reach Nirvana
Founded by Siddhartha Gautama
4 Noble Truths
opposed the caste system.
Buddhism
Showed where humans came from and supported evolution
Lucy skeleton